MIERCOLES 11   17:00-19:00 REGISTRO DE PARTICIPANTES - Nivel Estacionamientos 18:30-19:15 REUNIÓN COORDINACIÓN DE AUTORES Y MODERADORES. Salón Alto Gavina. Nivel 2 19:30-20:30 CEREMONIA INAUGURAL - Salón Huara.   Palabras de Bienvenida de Sr. Carlos Barahona. Director Ejecutivo HydroProcess 2006   Palabras de Apertura de Sr. Esteban Domic. Consultor Internacional. Presidente de HydroProcess 2006.   Presentación Invitado Especial. Profesor Gordon Ritcey, Consultor Extraction por Solventes, G. M. Ritcey Associates. “Extracción por Solventes: Pasado, Presente & Futuro". 20:30-21:30 CÓCTEL DE APERTURA - Sector Piscina JUEVES 12   07:00-08:00 REGISTRO DE PARTICIPANTES - Nivel Estacionamientos   SESIONES PLENARIAS - Salón Huara. 08:00-08:45 The Recovery of Metal from leach Solutions by Synergistic Solvent Extraction. Chu Yong Cheng(1), Wensheng Zhang(2) and Davood Moradkhani(3). (1,2)Division of Minerals, CSIRO, Australia. (3)Iran Zinc Mines Development Co. Iran. 08:45-09:30 Continuous Hydrometallurgical Purification Process of Molybdenum Concentrates: Lead Extraction by Chelating Reagents. Enrique Román(1), Sergio Rivera(1), Viviana Ramos(1), Andrés Reghezza(2), Ramón del Río(2) and Agustín Sepúlveda(2). (1)IM2-Instituto de Innovación en Minería y Metalurgia S.A., Filial Codelco-Chile. (2)División Codelco Norte, Codelco-Chile. 09:30-10:30 CAFE & EXHIBICIÓN DE POSTERS CON AUTORES - Nivel Estacionamientos   SALON NEGREIRO SALON HUMBERSTONE Sesión 1. Innovaciones en el Procesamiento del Oro y la Plata. Sesión 2. Innovaciones en los Porcesos de Extracción por Solventes. 10:30-10:55 Cyanidation of Gold and Silver in Cía. Minera Ares S.A.C. Eloy Román. Cia. Minera Ares S.A.C., Perú. Recovery of Uranium by Solvent Extraction with Alamine® 336. Michael Virnig(1), Jurgen Picardo(2), Phillip Crane(3) and Hans Hein(4). (1)Cognis USA. (2)Cognis Peru (3)Cognis Australia Pty Ltd., (4)Cognis Chile. 10:55-11:20 Advances in Commercial Bioleaching of Gold and Copper Concentrates. Paul Miller. BacTech Mining Corporation. Canada. Introduction of Ionic Substances as Target-Specific Extraction Agents for Recovering Copper from the Effluents of the Mining Industry. Roland Kalb(1), Michael Kotschan(1) and Alberto Bezama(2). (1)Production of Ionic Substances GmbH. Austria. (2)University of Concepción. Chile. 11:20-11:45 Automatic Gold Process Mineralogy with The “Gold-Detect” Image Analysis System. Peter Siegel(1) and Eliana Almendras(2). (1)Universidad de Santiago de Chile. (2) Universidad de Chile. Chile. Co-Matrix™ Filters – Results of the Pilot Plant and its Applications in the Solvent Extraction Plants. David Minson(1), Carlos Jiménez(1) and Jason Gilmour(2). (1)Delkor South America, Chile. (2)SpinTek, USA. 11:45-12:10 Gold Heap Leach Process Simulator: a Tool for Process Optimization. Jim Gebhardt(1), Angélica Hernández(1), D. McBride(2) and M. Cross(2). (1)Process Engineering Resources, Inc. USA. (2)University of Wales Swansea. United Kingdom The Solvent Extraction Separation of Molybdenum and Copper from Acid Leach Residual Solution of Chilean Molybdenite Concentrate. Fernando Valenzuela, Juan Andrade, Jaime Sapag, Christian Tapia and Carlos Basualto. Universidad de Chile. Chile. 12:10-12:35 A New Leaching Technology for the Treatment of Gold Ores Containing a High Concentration of Silver. Guy Deschênes(1), Mike Fulton(1), Hai Guo(2), Judith Price(1) and Chen Xia(1). (1)CANMET, Natural Resources. (2)Wardrop Engineering Inc. Canada. Extreme Situations of Emulsions Separation in the Copper Solvent Extraction Plants. Igor Polski. Pip Proceso. Chile. 12:35-14:00 ALMUERZO - Restorant Hotel & EXHIBICIÓN DE POSTERS   SALON NEGREIRO SALON HUMBERSTONE Sesión 3. Desarrollo y Perspectivas en los Procesos Hidrometalúrgicos. Sesión 4. Innovaciones en Procesos de Lixiviación 14:00-14:25 Copper Uses from Starting Sheets, Selling as final Product of Copper Electrolytic Sheets “LEC”. Claudia Orellana and Francisco Hormazábal. Codelco Chile División El Teniente. Chile. Removal and Treatment Methodology of Tailings Deposited in Dams. José Araneda, Nélida Heresi, Iván Rayo and Juan Rayo. JRI Ingeniería S.A. Chile. 14:25-14:50 Molybdenum Concentrates Processing: Challenges and Opportunities to Production of Fine Compounds. Jesús Casas and Bárbara Morchio. Mining Engineering Department, University of Chile. Chile. Changes in the Management of the Processes in Cerro Verde. Guillermo Velarde and Orlando Bernal. Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde S.A.A. Perú. 14:50-15:15 Latest Developments in Sulphuric Acid Plants Based on Metallurgical Off-Gases. Hannes Storch. Outokumpu Technology GmbH. Germany. Leaching of Copper Sulfide Ore in NaCl-H2SO4-O2 Medium with Acid Pre-Treatment. Osvaldo Herreros(1), Roberto Quiroz(2) and Joan Viñals(3). (1,2)University of Antofagasta, Chile. (3)University of Barcelona, Spain. 15:15-15:40 Hydrocopper® – Moving up in the Copper Production Chain. Liisa Haavanlammi(1), Janne Karonen(2) and Claudio Rodríquez(3). (1,2)Outokumpu Research Oy. Finland. (3)Outokumpu Technology. Chile. Method to Design the Surface Area of the Heap Leaching Pad Maintaining the Balance with the SX-EW Stages. José Avila. Enami. Chile. 15:40-16:05 Tailor Made Wetting Agents for Heap Leaching Processes. Hans P. Seelmann, Cesar Ostos, Arturo Berastain, Ricardo López and Mauricio Rocha. BASF AG. Ludwigshafen, Germany. Leaching of Chalcopyrite Concentrates in Acid Ferric Sulfate Media at Controlled Redox Potentials. Berny Rivera, Gonzalo Viramontes and David Dixon. The University of British Columbia, Canada. 16:05-16:50 CAFE & EXHIBICIÓN DE POSTERS - Nivel Estacionamientos   SALON NEGREIRO SALON HUMBERSTONE Sesión 5. Aplicaciones Técnicas y Prácticas Operacionales. Sesión 6. Innovaciones en el Tratamiento de Polvos de Fundición. 16:50-17:15 Remining of Leaching Heaps in Magistral Mine of Compañía Minera Pangea, S.A. de C.V. Rafael Sánchez(1) and Joe Milbourne(2). (1)Mina Magistral, Mocosito. Mexico. (2)Process Mining & Metals Consulting. AMEC. Canada. Recovery of Copper from Smelter Dust Stabilizing and Confining Arsenic. Miguel Monroy, Félix Arancibia, Ricardo Vergara, Claudio Loyola and Yuri Zepeda. Compañía Minera Lomas Bayas, Xstrata. Chile. 17:15-17:40 Welding Failures in the Stainless Steel Cathodes for Electrowinning. Antonio Pagliero(1), Froilán Vergara(1) and José García(2). (1)University of Concepción. (2)Inppamet Cátodos. Chile. Hydrometallurgical Processing of Smelter Dust and Inertization of Cadmium in the Precipitates of Arsenic in Codelco Chile - Division El Teniente. Claudia Orellana and Francisco Hormazábal. CODELCO CHILE División El Teniente. Chile. 17:40-18:05 Methodology for the Determination of Corrosion Rate in Lead Anodes. Antonio Pagliero(1), Froilán Vergara(1) and José García(2). (1)University of Concepción. (2)Inppamet Cátodos, Chile. Study for Removal of Toxic Elements Bearing Dusts of Copper Smelter in Chile: Review. Jocelyn Osorio, María A. Maldini, Marcela Mella and Miguel Herrera. Research Center of Mining and Metallurgy, CIMM. Chile. 18:05-18:30 Acid Mist and Noise Control in the Electrowinning Tankhouse. Rudi Fester and Fernando Romero. Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi. Chile. Diagnosis of Current Situation of Smelter Flue Dust in the Chilean Copper Mining Industries. María A. Maldini, Jocelyn Osorio, Marcela Mella and Miguel Herrera. Research Center of Mining and Metallurgy, CIMM. Chile. 18:30-18:55 New Practices to Desludge the Electrowinning Cells without the Utilization of the Short-Circuit Frame. Mario Núñez and Nelson Salazar. Codelco Chile División Norte. Chile Arsenic Immobilization of Teniente Furnace Dust. Hironori Tateiwa(1), Ryoji Ichimura(2), Claudia Almendares(3) and Gerardo Sánchez(4). (1)Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. (MMS), Japan. (2)Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), Japan. (3)CIMM. Chile. (4)Division Ventanas CODELCO, Chile. 20:00-22:30 CENA DE BIENVENIDA CORTESÍA DE BIOTEQ ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. - Sector Piscina VIERNES 13   07:00-08:00 REGISTRO DE PARTICIPANTES - Nivel Estacionamientos   SESIONES PLENARIAS - Salón Huara. 08:00-08:45 Developments and New Applications for Biogenic Sulphide Reagent in Hydrometallurgy and Mineral Processing. Rick Lawrence and P. Brad Marchant. BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc. Canada. 08:45-09:30 Breaking Paradigms in Heap Leaching Processes. Jorge Menacho, Leopoldo Gutiérrez and Patricio Chávez. De Re Metallica. Chile. 09:30-10:30 CAFE & EXHIBICIÓN DE POSTERS CON AUTORES - Nivel Estacionamientos   SALON NEGREIRO SALON HUMBERSTONE Sesión 7. Modelación, Simulación y Control de Procesos Hidrometalúrgicos. Sesión 8. Innovaciones en Bio-Procesos 10:30-10:55 Modelling of Leaching of Copper Oxides in Dumps and in-Situ. Joan Mahiques, Joaquín Martínez y Luis Moreno. Royal Institute of Technology. Sweden. Geobiotics ´Technologies: New Tools to Process Low Grade Primary Ores. Enrique Carretero and Todd Harvey. GeoBiotics, LLC. Chile.. 10:55-11:20 Model of Heap Leaching in 2 Dimensions: Effect of Hydraulic Conductivity on Copper Recovery. Miguel Carrasco(1), Felipe Lagno(2), Paulina Ruiz(3) and Marco Nehgme(4). (1)(2)(3)IM2, Institute of Innovation in Mining and Metallurgy S.A. (4)Codelco-Chile, División El Salvador. Chile. Bioleaching of Chalcopyrite Concentrate with S. Metallicus at High Pulp Densities. Dina Cautivo, Carolina Astudillo, Fernando Acevedo and Juan C. Gentina. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Chile. 11:20-11:45 Simulation of Hydrometallurgical Process in Reactors by the Process Simulator LIMN®. Luis La Torre, Adam Johnston and César Fuentes. Transmin Metallurgical Consultants. Perú. Bioleaching of Chalcopyrite Concentrates as Alternative to Make use the Capacity of the Plant LIX-SX-EW LESDE Toquepala”. Jaime Arana, Joe Pezo, Franz Cárdenas and Jesús Escate. Southern Perú Copper Corporation – Planta LESDE. Perú. 11:45-12:10 Control Project of a Copper Solvent Extraction Pilot Plant. Luis Bergh, Erich Lucic and Frank Zuleta. Chemical Engineering Department, Santa Maria University. Chile. Heavy Metals Precipitation using Sulfate Reducing Bacteria in Liquid and Soil Medium. May-Lin Almendras(1), Marta Carballa(1), R. Van Hille(2), S. Harrison(2) and Rolando Chamy(1). (1)Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Chile. (2)University of Cape Town. South Africa. 12:10-12:35 RTP´M Platform of Integration in the North Division of Codelco-Chile. Leonel Mundaca, Codelco Chile División Norte. Chile.   12:35-14:00 ALMUERZO - Restorant Hotel & EXHIBICIÓN DE POSTERS SALON NEGREIRO SALON HUMBERSTONE Sesión 9. Tratamiento de Subproductos y Desechos Metalúrgicos. Sesión 10. Innovaciones en Procesos de Electrobtención. 14:00-14:25 Precipitation of Enriched Arsenic Residues from Diluted Industrial Solutions Michelle L. Caetano, Cláudia L. Caldeira, Sonia D.F. Rocha and Virginia S.T. Ciminelli, UFMG. Brazil. Multivariable Modelling for the Cathodic Quality in C.M. Doña Inés de Collahuasi SCM. Fernando Romero(1), Guillermo Ávila(2), Rudi Fester(3) and Luis Yacher(4). (1,2,3)Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi. (4)CONTAC Ingenieros Ltda. Chile. 14:25-14:50 Crystallization of Arsenic Salts. María E. Taboada and Teófilo Graber. University of Antofagasta. Chile. Special Cathodes Production at High Current Density. Marcelo Bustos and Egidio Saldivar. Anglo American Chile. Chile. 14:50-15:15 State-of-the-Art Management Technologies for Contaminated Soils and Groundwaters with Focus on the Copper Industry. Alberto Bezama and Mario Sánchez. University of Concepción. Chile. Cobalt Sulphate Effect on Manganese and Lead Compounds Formed on the Surface of the Pb-Ca-Sn Anodes in Acid Electrolytes. Jorge Ipinza(1), Juan P. Ibáñez(1), Antonio Pagliero(2) and Froilán Vergara(2). (1)Universidad Arturo Prat. (2)Univ. de Concepción. Chile. 15:15-15:40 New Developments in Treatment of Mining Effluents with Hydrogen Peroxide and Caro’s Acid. Luiz Teixeira(1) and Cristian Marquez(2). (1)Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro y Consultant to Solvay / Peróxidos do Brasil Ltda. Brazil. (2)Innova Andina. Perú. Fluid Dynamics Simulation of a Conventional Electrolytic Cell of Copper. Carmen Herrera, Gerardo Cifuentes and N. Moraga. University of Santiago. Chile. 15:40-16:05 New Developments in Hydrometallurgical Performance Management: Heap Leaching, Solvent Extraction and Electrowinning Plants. Osvaldo Bascur(1), Roberto Linares(1) and Luis Yacher(2). (1)OSIsoft. USA. (2)Contac. Chile. Considerations on the Bleeding of Electrowining Tankhouse Rudi Fester(1), Carlos García(1), Fernando Romero(1) and Richard Dixon(2), (1)Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi. (2)Blumos, S.A., Chile. 16:05-16:40 CEREMONIA DE CLAUSURA - Salón Huara 16:40-18:00 CÓCTEL DE CIERRE- Nivel Estacionamientos